Easy Eyeshadow Tutorial for Beginners | Step-by-Step Eye Makeup for Everyday | Elena Rachitskaya

Hello everyone! Today we are going to break down the most basic makeup look for hooded eyes. If you know absolutely nothing about makeup, this video will help you. And if you want to learn how to do eye makeup so that your hooded lids doesn't eat the eyeshadow the moment you open your eyes and doesn't turn into a mess 20 minutes later, so this is for you. This is a simple basic makeup look for work, for wedding, for university, any event. And a makeup look that enhances the beauty of hooded eyes rather than making them look smaller, heavier or puffier. To prevent your eyeshadow from creasing, you must remove everything from the lid that can destroy the makeup. Skin oil, eye cream, foundation, everything. I use micellar water, specifically that one from Verdermind. It's for sensitive skin and works great as the first step in makeup removal. And make sure the eyelid is completely dry. Next, apply an eye primer or matte concealer. Apply a tiny amount to the inner corners and the mobile lid. If you apply too much, everything will crease no matter what you do next, even if you use dry eyeshadows on top. One tap and then blend it all the way up to the brow bone. Everywhere your eyeshadow will go. Make sure there are no harsh lines between your foundation and the concealer, okay? Otherwise, the eyeshadow will stick to that line. I'm blending with a synthetic brush, but you can use your finger. The brush just works faster for me and gives a smoother application. And you don't need to be precise. You need to be fast. Stretching the product in all directions, sweep forward and back, side to side. I even go slightly past the brow into the temple area. Just to make the eyeshadow blending seamless. Our blending direction will go toward the temple. This gives a lifting effect and softly changes the eye shape. Then take powder and a fluffy brush. This brush will be used for the rest of the makeup. Smooth the eyelids again so there isn't even a hint of creasing while you were searching for the powder. This is my favorite powder. You can see the metal pan already. Definitely not my first one, as you already know, and I just love it. Powder the entire lid and the under eye area. Three layers on each eye. It's white, matte, finely milled, and it doesn't settle into the texture. It brightens the area and makes the eyeshadow look cleaner on the lid. Just because everything looks cleaner on a bright base, right? Now, let's move on to the palette. This is a basic palette for every occasion. You can find similar palettes in every brand, actually. Just look for one light shade, skin tone, or maybe lighter, one matte eyeshadow, or maybe slightly satin, like mid-tone shade. Like mine, for shaping the eye. It won't emphasize texture and will blur everything softly. It's almost the color of your contour, maybe bronzer, but a bit deeper. One shimmer shade for a festive look or a sparkle moment, and one matte dark brown shade for depth, eyeliner, maybe smokey eyes. How to apply a shadow? The most important rule is to relax your eyebrow muscles. Look straight into the mirror, like you would when talking to someone. And if you erase your brows while applying makeup and then drop them later, the hood of the skin will cover everything you did on the mobile lid. How to choose the brush? So, brushes are all different, and choose one fluffy brush, not too big, not too small. Everyone has different eyes, but from my experience with clients, medium-sized brush works best. And pick up the matte mid-tone brown shade. Touch the eyeshadow perpendicular, don't swirl. No swirling motions here at all. Pat the brush into the shadow instead. After picking up the color, either tap the brush onto the back of your hand first or onto any empty surface of the palette, like a mirror, the palette lid, whatever is comfortable for you. So where to place the color? Find the area we want to deepen. This will open up the eyes. I define the space between the brow bone and the lash line. The puffy part of the lid. We want to hide about 30% of that. More or less, depending on your preferences and depending on your shape. Again, don't stretch the skin. Brows relaxed, look straight ahead, and if the lid folds too much and you can't see where to apply, tilt your head slightly back. And place the brush perpendicularly at the outer corner. Make a dot, push the brush into the crease to find where your eye starts. And then blend side to side many many times, just a lot of times. And the first layer is just experimental. To understand the pigment, the brush, and the blendability, it may look like nothing changed, but compared to the other eye, you'll see a difference. Pick up more of the same shade, evenly distribute it again, and now deepen only the outer corner. How to lift the eye? So there are two directions. More lifted, just following the line from the side of the nose through the last lash. And if you want more natural, just following the shape of the lower lash line. Don't forget the lower lid. We erased the natural shadow with a concealer, which made the eye actually a little bit smaller. So we need to bring it back. And this same color I used to slim the nose a bit. I blur it along the sides to bring back natural shading. You can pinch or squeeze the brush a little to make it slimmer and work on smaller details. Find where the eye ends, just along the lower lash line, and you can safely shade half of that area. You stay with the natural proportions, no panda effect, no overly rounded eyes. Close your eyes a bit. The part we didn't touch earlier is the mobile lid, and the part that moves and usually creases. And the area we applied shadows to is the non-mobile lid, so where we hide the hood. Okay, look down and blend once more to remove any lines or empty patches. The skin can fold like a fence if you press too hard with a brush. I just swipe it from side to side. That's it. And let's repeat everything on the other eye. This is the most important step. Zipping and shaping the eye. Sparkles are easy, anyone can apply them, but there are some tricks. So, but we will talk about it later. Hold the brush perpendicularly, push it into the lid, and the brush is big. Don't be afraid to get some color inside the socket. So we want that soft haze between the brow and the crease. I deepen the shade only twice. If you want a darker look, repeat the same step three or maybe four times. Just build up the coverage. Don't forget about the nose area. This space between the sides of the nose and the start of the mobile lid should always stay light. And then choose the direction of lifting. Lift it up or keep it horizontal. Move to the light setting shade. I'd call it ivory, not milky. And it doesn't make the makeup for the stage. It makes it natural. Press it onto the entire mobile lid. Don't swipe, just press. Build up the coverage. I apply three layers and this ensures nothing creases. I work in a veil technique. Three layers for me feel like one for others. With a more hard pressure and strong hand. And we are adding light to the area covered by the hot when we look straight. And if the brown shade didn't blend perfectly, use the same ivory setting to soften the edges under the brow. Just avoid highlighters here. Compare two brushes. A small pencil brush and a blending brush. The pencil brush is for details. Smudging liner, brightening the inner corners. And the next part of the video is just refinement. I could easily stop here and apply just mascara and that's it. But look at your childhood photos. I'm sure the inner corners of your eyes were brighter. That's natural light placement that makes us look fresh and young. So let's add brightness to the inner corners. Speaking of childhood photos, you'll also see a bright tip of the nose and brighter area between the brows. And let's add light there as well. Let's add more detail to that makeup. I like to deepen the intensity in the outer corners of the eyes. Take a small brush and pick up important matte brown eyeshadow, not shimmer. And place tiny dots in the outer corners. Just don't forget to press the shadow into the brush first, so it doesn't fall under the eyes. Place your pinky on your cheek for stability and peg the color into the outer corner. Do the same on the other side. Now clean your brush on your hand. This is gentle for the bristles. No need to rub it on a silicone mat. Your hand or tissue is enough. Remove all the pigment from the brush. Stretch the dot toward the lower lash line. Connect the upper lid with the lower lid. And blend it outwards in all directions, creating a V-shape. Take a fluffy brush, clean it too, so almost nothing is on it. And soften the edges. I place my brush at a 45 degree angle to the skin. Not perpendicular, see? I'm blending with the very edge of the bristles between the middle tone and the dark brown. You can deepen the color as much as you like, even to a very dark chocolate shade. I don't need that. I like it this way. And also clean off any extra shadow under the eye guideline. Follow your lower lash line. Take a waterproof pencil. Add short strokes along the lashes on the outer corner. And you can blend it with your finger or with a brush. For a soft smokey effect, I pick up pigment straight from the tip of the pencil with a brush and darken the outer corner. Don't pull the skin too much. Just support it slightly. And if you have a lot of folds on that area, just stretch the skin, return it to its natural position, and then pack the color on the relaxed lid, the way it looks when you talk to people. I'll just hold the extra skin with my finger. So see this intensity? It will last long. And it's a gel pencil, and it sets on its own. Now compare two eyes. So let's deepen the color on the other side. And you can do this only with a shadow or with a pencil. Two options up to you. Choose whatever you prefer the most. And I like black only under the one condition, when I'm wearing black clothes. And don't draw a thick black liner along the entire lash line, if you don't have a space above the lashes. And you'll cover the whole area with the black, and the eye will look smaller and the hooded lid heavier. So leave that little strip of the skin open, light. I actually like to do tight lining, deepening the roots of the lashes with black. And I've been wearing contact lenses since I was about 13 years old, maybe something around, and this technique works for me beautifully. But if your eyes are sensitive, you can simply apply mascara very close to the roots and get almost the same effect. The pencil must be waterproof. How to check it? So if it's in a plastic case, it's a gel. It sets on its own. If it's in a wooden case, it's a wax and it never fully sets. It means to smudging or as a base under powdery shadows. And the one important thing. So even the most long-lasting and the most expensive pencil will transfer. If you apply too light, so that the eye becomes watery, tears will wash away anything that gets inside the eye. That's a natural protective mechanism. And I've been doing this for many years. More than 10 for sure. And of course, I can do it quickly now, without smudging. Everything takes practice and experience, right? Mascara. Where would we be without the classic? Lashes for hooded eyes have always been a crucial element for adjusting the eye shape. So our type always tries to add lashes, extensions, strips, or at least a thicker mascara application. So why? Because we can practically cover the hooded lid, even if we don't wear eyeshadow daily. Mascara is a rule number one for us, right girls? So I look down into the mirror, so I don't smudge the lid. And although when I'm filming, I feel like I have a superpower to apply mascara without a mirror or while looking straight into the camera, I always blink into the mascara wand. So it catches all the lashes. I layer mascara many times. I rarely apply to the lower lashes. There is almost nothing to paint. But in the last few days, they look like they have grown and the hair cycle hasn't reset yet. And they didn't fall out. So let's paint them today, too. This gives a gradient and opens the eyes. This is exactly how you can make your eyes look bigger. But the shape will immediately look more doll-like, because we are rounding it. Now, how to apply glitter so it doesn't fall? Pick it up with your finger, press all the flakes onto the fingertip so nothing flies down. The coated lashes act like a shield and they catch the fallout. Then take concealer or eye primer, a tiny drop. Apply it to the center of the lid and tap it in with a clean finger and smooth it out evenly. And stick the glitter onto the layer. This tacky base is the best grip for glitter. Glitter particles slips easily off a silky satin shadow. So this way the color goes on dense, even without gaps. That's the makeup we created. And that's it for today's look. Thank you all watching and if you try this technique, let me know how it works for you. Practice makes all the difference. So be patient with yourself and enjoy the process. See you in the next video. Bye!